Business Insider
Akin Oyedele, March 1, 2018
Initial jobless claims— first-time filings for unemployment benefits — fell to a 48-year low of 210,000 last week.
Claims offer the most real-time look into the labor market, since many people file for benefits soon after they lose their jobs.
The data shows that the jobs market remains tight, especially for highly skilled workers.
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MarketWatch
By Jeffrey Bartash, March 1, 2018
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said ordinary Americans would only get “crumbs” from the Trump cuts. The federal agency that does the math says those crumbs amounted to as much as $30 billion in January.
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Bloomberg
By Katia Dmitrieva, March 1, 2018
U.S. factories expanded in February at the fastest rate since May 2004, indicating sustained strength in manufacturing as demand remains solid, figures from the Institute for Supply Management showed Thursday.
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WHO'S TO BLAME for this nation's opioid crisis? If anyone is qualified to point an accusing finger, it may be the man who led the fight against another scourge years ago. Our Cover Story is reported by Lee Cowan:
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